Me Poem by James Howden

What makes you come alive? You ask, you want me to explain,
describe my thoughts and feelings, my happiness and pain.
Set free my inhibitions, divulge to one and all,
my innermost sensations, you ask me to recall.

Well, I’m a father to my children; husband to my wife,
doting dad, loving man, and this family is my life.
Bike rides and excursions, beer ups and poker night,
weekend jaunts, friendly taunts, walk in the moonlight.

Before I had a family, there was another part of me,
someone who seeked adventure, to travel land and sea.
Parties, beer and women, sunshine, sea and sand,
many of which I sampled, from many a different land.

So, I love the heat of the sunshine, energising me;
love the sound of ocean waves, to gaze upon the sea.
To feel the breeze of freedom, fresh against my face,
natures delights, incredulous sights, mother natures grace.

View the world around me, through childlike eyes I see,
still like to chase, have a race, still young at heart I be.
To hear my children’s laughter, to watch them run and play;
it lifts my heart, to be a part, of a loving family.